Jochen
Farber, the media head of the Federation
Internationale D’Escrime (FIE) yesterday
met the local media after overseeing preparations
for the Qatar Fencing World Cup in January
2004. The World Cup in Doha will be the
first ever to be held anywhere in this region
and Farber hoped it would provide a much-needed
fillip to the sport which for long has been
a bastion of the European countries.